Open AI training and model evaluation roles that call for Machine Learning expertise, gathered from 8 platforms. Part of Data & Machine Learning.
Pay figures cover the 70 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
This role involves contributing to a research benchmark in physics aimed at evaluating the reasoning capabilities of AI models on authentic research problems. Depending on your area of specialization and profile, you will develop problems, solve them, review the work of other researchers or audit it, with an emphasis on scientific rigor and clarity of writing.
Posted September 25, 2026
You will create reinforcement learning environments to test the ability of AI models to solve complex competitive programming problems. For each problem, you will develop a reference solution, design robust validators, and build a comprehensive test suite. This role is for competitive programming experts capable of working autonomously in remote work.
Posted September 16, 2026
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You will join a network of data experts to assess and evaluate the quality of analyses produced by frontier AI models. Your roles will consist of designing analysis problems, evaluating pipelines and queries generated by the models, and identifying results that are technically valid but potentially misleading for decision-makers. This role is aimed at data practitioners with concrete experience in delivered analytical projects.
Posted September 15, 2026
This role involves evaluating and judging AI models as a machine learning expert, providing the critical expertise that research teams cannot generate alone. You will use your practical experience to assess modeling problems, training code, and production approaches, explaining your reasoning clearly. This permanent roster recruits machine learning practitioners ready to participate in AI training and evaluation projects.
Posted September 15, 2026
This role involves designing and evaluating MLOps infrastructure tasks for training large language models, in the areas of GPU programming, performance profiling, debugging distributed workloads, and high-performance inference. You will generate quality training data by writing precise technical solutions and providing detailed feedback to research and engineering teams. This role targets engineers with confirmed hands-on expertise in ML systems and infrastructure, capable of reasoning about trade-offs between throughput, latency, and memory on modern accelerators.
Posted September 15, 2026
This role enables you to analyze and optimize diverse codebases, as well as design programming tasks to evaluate generative AI models. It is intended for experts in algorithmics and competitive programming problem-solving, capable of working autonomously and providing high-quality technical feedback.
Posted September 14, 2026
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This role involves developing and validating machine learning models, training pipelines and inference systems as part of an AI training project. The role is heavily focused on Python programming and requires confirmed expertise in machine learning engineering, with the ability to implement, optimize and debug complex solutions.
Posted September 11, 2026
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This role consists of creating reinforcement learning environments to test the capabilities of AI models in solving complex software engineering problems, including code correction, feature creation, and performance optimization. As an expert software engineer, you will produce quality code examples, debugging strategies, and reproducible reference solutions. The role requires confirmed expertise in programming and an established presence in open source.
Posted September 7, 2026
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This study invites machine learning engineers and AI researchers to build test scenarios on a remote reinforcement learning platform. Participants set environmental parameters, define spatial constraints and agent interaction rules, run preliminary agent tests, and then share usability feedback in an interview. It is aimed at people with hands-on experience in simulation design and RL environments.
Posted September 3, 2026
You will contribute to an AI training project by solving, validating, and commenting on complex problems in your scientific field of expertise. The role combines rigorous scientific analysis, Python programming for calculations and simulations, and critical evaluation of solutions generated by AI.
Posted September 1, 2026
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You will evaluate the methodological quality and scientific rigor of machine learning tasks designed to train and test models at a cutting-edge AI laboratory. You will provide structured feedback on experimental design, model selection and evaluation protocols, critiquing claims against observed results.
Posted August 28, 2026
You will evaluate and improve the ability of AI models to reason about complex financial questions, particularly in valuation, financial modeling, and real-world investment scenarios. You will create prompts and reference responses based on your operational experience, while flagging errors and reasoning weaknesses in the model.
Posted August 27, 2026
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You will evaluate code generated by AI models by examining its correctness, quality, and design. You will also participate in creating complex engineering problems, reference solutions, and test cases to train AI models on realistic software tasks. This role is for senior software engineers who have worked at major technology companies.
Posted August 27, 2026
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You are being asked to evaluate and improve AI models specialized in contract review. As an experienced legal counselor, you will perform contract negotiation and review exercises, assess AI responses, and create rigorous evaluation frameworks to refine the performance of these artificial intelligence systems applied to the legal field.
Posted August 19, 2026
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This role involves analyzing and annotating data from production computer networks to fuel artificial intelligence models. You will leverage your experience as a level 3 network support engineer to label network behaviors, anomalies and incidents, while becoming familiar with the data pipelines used in AI.
Posted August 14, 2026
This role involves writing and reviewing rigorous assessment questions in fundamental computer science for an AI research initiative. You will create original multiple-choice questions testing deep conceptual understanding, or verify existing questions according to clarity and academic rigor criteria. This role is intended for computer science experts capable of producing high-level educational content.
Posted August 13, 2026
You will bring your expertise in atomistic modeling and computational chemistry to a cutting-edge AI laboratory in materials science. Your role consists of generating and evaluating high-quality scientific data for training AI models, by applying your in-depth knowledge of surface simulation, adsorption and reaction kinetics. You will contribute directly to improving the scientific reasoning of models on chemical processes and material properties.
Posted August 6, 2026
We are looking for experienced machine learning researchers to work on empirical research problems covering computer vision, language models, and robustness to adversarial attacks. You will train and improve end-to-end models, optimizing trade-offs between performance, efficiency, and robustness in resource-constrained contexts.
Posted August 5, 2026
Mercor is seeking Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) experts and thin film process specialists to support a cutting-edge AI research laboratory developing models for semiconductors and physical sciences. You will contribute your specialized expertise to generate, structure, and evaluate the scientific data used for training and evaluating these advanced models.
Posted August 1, 2026
This role is for engineers who have built and deployed search systems, particularly in the context of AI agents and large language models. You will be evaluated on your hands-on experience in relevance optimization, impact assessment, and the technical trade-offs you have had to make in real-world systems.
Posted August 1, 2026
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78 Machine Learning AI training jobs are open on SideHustler today. 2 were posted in the last 7 days. Listings are rechecked against the official postings: the latest check on this list was on October 8, 2026.
Among the 70 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $16 to $400 per hour, with a median of $95. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
Mercor (30), Alignerr (26), micro1 (16), DataAnnotation (2), Handshake AI (1), Terac (1), Turing (1) and Vetto (1). You apply on the platform itself, which handles screening, contracts and payment.
The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are Machine Learning, AI Evaluation, Deep Learning, Python, Data Annotation. Each listing states its own requirements.
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